See the presentations on data journalism made at the IJAsia18 conference here.

Here is a list of resources to get you started, but we want to keep updating our community with the best resources available. Do you know of a great data tutorial we haven’t listed, perhaps in a language other than English? Help us keep this resource guide comprehensive by sending your favorite resource to: hello@gijn.org. ¿Habla español? For resources in Spanish, click here.

Key Resources

The Data Journalism Handbook 2, revised and expanded, was published in 2019. It is available online in English and will be translated into Spanish, French and German. Edited by Jonathan Gray and Liliana Bounegru of the Public Data Lab, the 10 chapters focus on: “What is data journalism? What is it for? What might it do? What opportunities and limitations does it present? Who and what is involved in making and making sense of it?” Update notices come via email. The first Data Journalism Handbook, issued in 2012 and still available online, includes more how-to material. It is available in Arabic (PDF), Azerbaijani, Chinese, English (PDF), French, Greek, Japanese, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Best Practices for Data Journalism is a 2018 guide written by Kuang Keng Kuek Ser, an award-winning digital journalist, and produced by the Media Development Investment Fund. It covers setting up and using data teams as well as tools, techniques and presentation of data journalism.

The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, a project of Investigative Reporters and Editors, was launched in 1989 to train reporters on how to use data for investigations. It holds frequent bootcamps and other training sessions on data journalism and an annual conference. NICAR ‘s website has a collection of video tutorials on mapping, visualization, data and other online journalism tools. There’s a description of Data Wrangling and Analysis tools. It has a library of US databases. For members, there are tipsheets and additional materials, including practice datasets.

Fundamentals of Data Visualization by Claus O. Wilke is being published in 2019 by O’Reilly Media, Inc. It “is meant as a guide to making visualizations that accurately reflect the data, tell a story, and look professional.” See online preview.

Source, a project of OpenNews that offers guides, tutorials and regular features by top data journalists.

Books

The Data Journalism Handbook 2, revised and expanded, was published in 2019. It is available online in English and will be translated into Spanish, French and German. Edited by Jonathan Gray and Liliana Bounegru of the Public Data Lab, the 10 chapters focus on: “What is data journalism? What is it for? What might it do? What opportunities and limitations does it present? Who and what is involved in making and making sense of it?” Update notices come via email. The first Data Journalism Handbook, issued in 2012 and still available online, includes more how-to material. It is available in Arabic (PDF), Azerbaijani, Chinese, English (PDF), French, Greek, Japanese, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Getting Started in Data Journalism is a manual published in 2018 by Lawrence Marzouk and Crina Boros of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania, which aims to introduce journalists to data-driven reporting techniques that are essential to contemporary investigative journalism.